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title: be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time? — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

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be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real Stan · **What happens:** be, scare · **To what, where:** real Stan

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1770-pg641-part21/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t11:1
# text = be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time?
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | real Stan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scare** | past | real Stan |  |  |  | time | actually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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yeah, he trembled in bed but stayed sneaky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, he trembled in bed but stayed sneaky
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trembled	tremble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tremble** | past | he |  |  | bed |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sneaky *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, he shook so hard the whole bed creaked, but he kept pretending to snore for the dragon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, he shook so hard the whole bed creaked, but he kept pretending to snore for the dragon
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	creaked	creak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	snore	snore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | he |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **creak** | past | the whole bed |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pretend** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **snore** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the dragon | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah, he was calm the whole time and never shook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, he was calm the whole time and never shook
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  | time | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **shake** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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yeah, he was shaking like an aspen but kept acting calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, he was shaking like an aspen but kept acting calm
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	aspen	aspen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | like a aspen | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **act** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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